Chapter 180: Fighting General
Li Yitian looked at the battle in front of him, Zhou Tai's strength was indeed strong, but it was not invincible. Wu Feng was killed in one round by Pen, Fun and Pavilion www.biquge.info because he ate the heart of the enemy and did not understand the enemy's tricks.
The people present were all battlefield warriors, and they could naturally see the reality in it, so they all asked for their lives to avenge Wu Feng.
Long Xiangnan was very calm at this time, he didn't immediately order, and he didn't take care of the low morale. Long Xiangnan, who looked indifferent, kept his eyes on the military array opposite.
This time, the opponent's troops were 100,000 strong, and it was impossible to attack their 400,000 troops. Therefore, he doesn't have to worry about being killed by the other party, what he has to do now is to stabilize the morale of the army.
Zhou Tai brandished a double hammer in the middle of the formation and shouted loudly: "If you don't return quickly, be careful that Grandpa's hammer will smash your heads!"
"There is no one in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, I, Zhou Tai, can overthrow all your generals by myself!"
In the face of the enemy's various provocative words, Chu Zhenhai did not move at all, but the generals beside him were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.
"Marshal, the last general is willing to sacrifice the head of the enemy in front of the tent!" the generals knelt down again and begged for their lives, they could no longer stand the insult of the enemy general.
"Accurate!" Long Xiangnan suddenly changed his attention this time, and ordered a general Wang Hu to go to the battle.
Everyone thought that Long Xiangnan saw that the military heart was available, so he sent the generals to fight. Therefore, they are full of confidence in Zhang Hu, after all, Zhang Hu is also a fierce general, and he has made great achievements on weekdays. And his strength is not weaker than Zhou Tai, and the outcome is still unknown.
"If my brother comes out, he will definitely be able to behead the enemy general!" Zhang Hu's younger brother Zhang Bao laughed heartily, the two of them enlisted in the army together, and now they are both in the position of a military captain, and further this is the title of general.
At this time, everyone was attracted by the two people on the battlefield, and Li Yitian also turned his head to look at Zhang Hu. Zhang Huren is as his name suggests, and he looks like a tiger. The cold light on the glaive knife in his hand shimmered, and it was an extraordinary treasure at a glance.
"Zhou Tai is not dead yet!" Zhang Hu shouted and urged him to step forward.
Zhou Tai didn't care, "Some, don't cut the nameless people under the knife!"
Zhang Hu was angry when he heard this, and shouted loudly: "Grandpa Zhang Hu is also, I will definitely behead you today!" Zhang Hu said a word, and the glaive knife in his hand burst out like a knife, and a meteor shot Zhou Tai like a moon.
"Carving insect skills, dare to show off in front of me!" Zhou Tai sneered, and the double hammers smashed together with a "bang~" before his death, and a sound wave rippled out, blocking the practice-like knife.
The two of them urged the horse to fight, and the glaive and the sledgehammer were both heavy weapons, and the fight seemed to be strong and heavy. And this kind of confrontation is also the most dangerous, and the slightest mistake will kill you with one move.
"Dang, dang, dang!" The broadsword and the hammer collided frequently, and countless sparks flew everywhere. The second general's mount also stepped out of a lot of pits on the ground, and the two strange beasts even bit their mouths and hooves and pedaled without giving in.
"Beat the drums and cheer!" Long Xiangnan issued a general order, and the war drums "Knock! knock!" cheered for Zhang Hu. The Northern Chu State also cheered for Zhou Tai, and for a while, the armies of the two countries seemed very enthusiastic.
Zhang Hu saw that he could not fight the enemy for a long time, and he inevitably felt a little anxious in his heart. Previously, Wu Feng was killed by a single blow, which had a great impact on morale, and he had to quickly deal with the enemy and save the defeat. With this thought, Zhang Hu's moves seemed a little more hurried and less rigorous.
After a few rounds of fighting again, as soon as Zhang Hu's flaws were revealed, Zhou Tai hurriedly smashed it with a hammer, "Bang!" Zhang Hu hurriedly resisted, but the middle door was wide open by the shock. Zhou Tai followed and another hammer smashed down, "Bang!" Zhang Hu was swept to the ground with a hammer.
"Okay! General Zhou is mighty!" the soldiers of the Northern Chu Empire immediately shouted when they saw that Zhou Tai had the advantage.
Seeing that he had lost his mount, Zhang Hu hurriedly wanted to run back to his own military formation, but Zhou Tai drove his mount to chase after him and fight him. The camp of the Eastern Tang Empire immediately sent people to rescue him, and the leopard hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to save his brother.
"The thief will dare! Meng Lang is here to kill you!"
When he looked at Zhang Hu again, he had been tied back to the military formation of the Northern Chu State by the sergeants who had sprung up from the Northern Chu State and became a prisoner of the other party.
Seeing that the assistant he invited made meritorious contributions in two battles, Xiang Long, the son of the Seventh Emperor, laughed arrogantly. Although the rest of the generals disdained Xiang Long's character, they also secretly praised this as a good move. Now that the morale of the Eastern Tang Empire has been frustrated, Mengling City can be safeguarded.
Now the coach Chu Zhenhai also nodded secretly, after all, the morale of the Eastern Tang Army has plummeted, and even if there is any backhand, it will definitely be difficult to succeed. The image of these seven princes in his eyes has also changed, and he has become a monarch who can be assisted.
After all, the understanding between the generals and the princes mostly comes from rumors, and only when they go into battle together to kill the enemy is the time for real contact. The training of these princes with the army is also to have a good relationship with the generals, and to attract some supporters while gilding themselves.
After all, the throne still has to be passed on to the princes, so their experience is very necessary.
Now the Seven Princes have offered advice to defeat the enemy generals in a row, which has indeed won him a certain amount of support and favor. Now Xiang Long's heart has blossomed, if he can help Chu Zhenhai to defend Mengling City, his position will be more consolidated after he returns.
At this time, the battle in the military array was already somewhat obvious, and the later Meng Lang was no match for Zhang Bao, who came with anger, and was defeated by Zhang Bao. Seeing that he was invincible, Meng Lang immediately slapped his horse and retreated towards the truth.
Zhang Bao wanted to rescue his brother, so he had to capture Meng Lang alive and then exchange prisoners with the enemy. Therefore, Zhang Bao hurriedly urged the horse to step forward, to catch up with the other party and capture Meng Lang.
Long Xiangnan still didn't say a word about all this, and the generals kept shouting and cheering for Zhang Bao. Li Yitian and Ye Fengchi glanced at each other, and they both saw that Zhang Bao was indeed stronger than the enemy, but Meng Lang did not panic when he retreated. If the two sides are really desperate, the winner is still in two words.
"The thief will have no guts, why don't you descend early!" Zhang Bao shouted, and the mount accelerated in pursuit. Seeing that he was about to rush into the shooting range of the opponent's archers, Zhang Bao chased even more eagerly.
Just when the two were getting closer, several generals on the opposite side urged the horses to come to the rescue. At this time, Meng Lang suddenly turned around and stabbed, "Poof~" beheaded Zhang Bao, who was only chasing after him. The headless corpse fell from its horse and rolled on the ground.
"Okay!" The army of the Northern Chu Empire immediately applauded, and the commander Chu Zhenhai also laughed.
"The invincible general is just like that, it's just a vain name!" The soldiers of Northern Chu immediately shouted a loud sarcastic voice about Long Xiangnan.
A burst of sound of gold spread throughout the Eastern Tang camp, and the 400,000 army returned. The infantry phalanx changed formations back and forth, the head changed to the tail, the tail changed to the head, and slowly withdrew backwards. Although the generals were angry, this was not the time to vent, so they all shouted and ordered their subordinates to evacuate.
"General, why don't you take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, or you can find a flaw and defeat the enemy with one blow. "When Xiang Long, the son of the Seventh Emperor, saw that the enemy army had withdrawn his troops, he immediately spoke to Chu Zhenhai. He had made great contributions to Northern Chu before, and it was not good for Chu Zhenhai to refuse directly at this time.
"The enemy's army formation advanced and retreated in a measured manner, although the withdrawal was a little hasty, but the formation was not chaotic, and the banner was clear and neat, and it was obviously not afraid of our army's pursuit. If you rush out, you are afraid that you will fall into the hands of the enemy. Although what Chu Zhenhai said was reasonable, it had some meaning of raising the morale of others and destroying his own prestige.
"However, you can send a cavalry to harass you, so that if you get something, it is the best, even if you don't get anything, you can also hit the enemy's morale, but don't fall in love with the battle!" Chu Zhenhai added again.
"The last general is willing to go and make meritorious contributions to the commander-in-chief to kill the enemy!" All the generals wanted this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so they stepped forward one after another to ask for their lives.
After glancing at the Seven Princes who did not ask for orders to fight after offering advice, Chu Zhenhai ordered a cautious cavalry commander to lead an army of 10,000 to pursue the defeated army of the Eastern Tang Dynasty. The Seventh Prince's obvious act of giving up his merits once again won him the favor of the generals.
After all, his military exploits are far less important to him than his connections, and as long as this war is won, his merits will naturally not be missing.
The cavalry general took the order and soon ordered 10,000 cavalry to chase after the defeated army of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
The retreat of the 400,000 troops of the Eastern Tang Dynasty was naturally very slow, and the 10,000 Northern Chu cavalry soon caught up. The infantry immediately panicked, but it was the collective fire of the longbowmen that suppressed the pace of the opponent's charge.
However, the cavalry was too nimble, moving quickly to the left and right to support the phalanx of archers, and launched a guerrilla attack on the side without the archers' defense. The cavalry was too mobile, and they did not rush into the formation, but only harvested the lives of the foot soldiers on the periphery, which made the Eastern Tang army troubled for a while.
In desperation, the cavalry troops of the Eastern Tang Empire finally appeared, and the other party became a cavalry-to-cavalry tactic.
Li Yitian also commanded his three thousand dragon tooth battalion knights to confront the enemy at this time, although this battle dragon did not show the might of an invincible general to the south at all, which made Li Yitian's heart full of doubts, but he still remained silent. Because Li Yitian faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it.
For example, in the previous fighting generals, several friends invited by Long Wuji all asked for their lives, but they were not sent out to fight. And their strength is also very strong, and they will definitely be able to gain something in battle, but they were directly ignored by Long Xiangnan.
Now the enemy army may definitely send troops to chase and kill, but Long Xiangnan did not set up any counterattack strategy, let alone set a trap to kill the enemy. Even this cavalry team was sent out in a hurry to meet the enemy army.
"There must be some conspiracy in this, is it to show weakness to the enemy? But the enemy will not be stupid enough to chase down with the main force, so what is the use of such a show of weakness?" (To be continued.) )