When Peng Qian heard this, his old face turned red, and he was embarrassed to answer, so when he got outside the carriage, he bowed his hand and gave a deep salute.

Lin Haotian came to attend Peng Qian's wedding, which was a worthwhile trip, and the affairs of the people were completely solved, and next, he really started to prepare for the battle against Chi.

The disciple sent by Liang Yun to Chibei is named Chen Tang, who is in his early thirties, not only familiar with rituals and rituals, but also likes literature and martial arts, and can be called an all-round talent in civil and military affairs.

When he was in You Guo, Chen Tang was already a Zongbo, and he was a minister in the same hall as Chu Chen, and the two naturally knew each other.

Knowing that Chen Tang had come to his Iron Lion Army and was assigned by Liang Yun, Chu Chen was overjoyed and personally led the generals of the whole army out of the camp to greet him.

Now that the war is on the horizon, and the Iron Lion Army has been appointed as the vanguard army again, Chu Chen has a sad face all day long. He is not afraid of fighting, let alone the Red Army, and the only thing he worries about is that the morale of his soldiers is too low. You people are warlike, but that's also relative, for the sake of You Country, You people are not afraid of any enemy, and now they want to fight for the Jin country, You people have a sense of rejection in their hearts.

At this critical moment, Chen Tang, who used to be a Zongbo, came to the army, which can be said to have solved Chu Chen's urgent need.

After Chen Tang was brought into the barracks, Chu Chen talked to him in private, and when he heard his intention, Chu Chen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Chen Tang really came to boost the morale of the officers and men in the army, which was really good.

After Chen Tang entered the Iron Lion Army, under the banner of Liang Yun, he hyped up the slogan that Jin and You have been integrated into the family in the army. Only in the future can there be hope of recovering the country.

He may not have much prestige among Youren, but the prestige of his master Liang Yun is too high, in Youren's mind, Liang Yun is simply the person closest to the gods of Youguo, he said that Jin and You are a family, and You people are convinced.

With the arrival of Chen Tang. The Iron Lion Army really looked like a legion, the previous lifeless atmosphere was swept away, the officers and soldiers in the army seemed to suddenly all come to life, and the whole army was full of vitality and fighting spirit.

This may be the power of faith.

The Iron Lion Army was reborn, and Chu Chen also became full of confidence, not to mention facing hundreds of thousands of Red Army, even if there were many and stronger enemies, he didn't care about it at all.

He sent someone to report to Wancheng. It is said that the Iron Lion Army is ready to go to war at any time, and as long as the imperial court gives an order, the Iron Lion Army can immediately break into Zeping County in the Red Kingdom.

Lin Haotian was very happy to receive Chu Chen's high-spirited handbook, and in his reply to Chu Chen, he praised him, saying that as long as the Iron Lion Army can win, the whole army will be soldiers. There are big rewards.

After sending away the reply to Chu Chen, he went up in the morning of the next day. Lin Haotian asked Zhao Yu, the Son of Heaven, to crusade against the country of non-subordination-Chiguo.

Zhao Yu didn't even think about it, and promulgated the document on the spot. Since Lin Haotian likes to fight, let him go, as long as it doesn't hit his head, not to mention. When Lin Haotian is not in Wancheng, his life as a king can be much easier, so why not?

After receiving Zhao Yu's will, the Jin State's troops were nominally a righteous army, not a barbaric invader.

Subsequently. Lin Haotian ordered that the Iron Lion Army, the First Army Corps, and the Fifth Army Corps, totaling more than 600,000 people, all went south to storm Zeping County in the Red Country.

On his side, he personally led the two corps of the Fourth Army and the Ninth Army to leave Wancheng and march south.

In Lin Haotian's order, it was said that the Iron Lion Army, the First Army Corps, and the Fifth Army Corps were attacking Zeping County, but in fact, the First Army Corps and the Fifth Army Corps did not move for the time being, but the Iron Lion Army broke through the border first, as the vanguard army, and entered Zeping.

At present, there are also quite a few garrisons in Zeping, including 400,000 in the Central Army, and no less than 600,000 in total in addition to the local troops in various counties and cities.

For the invasion of the Jin army, the Red Kingdom also took precautions, and deployed 80,000 elite soldiers in the border city of Baitu City, and the city defense was strong, and there were many hoards of grain, grass and baggage in the city.

Chu Chen's style of leading the army to fight is fierce, once he gives the order to attack, he will never withdraw the troops if he is unsuccessful, and the soldiers of a corps are exhausted, then the commander and the corps commander will go up, if a corps is exhausted, then the corps behind will make up for it, in short, it is to crush the opponent with the tactics of a single soldier mad dog and an overall pack of wolves, and fight to the end.

For the White Earth City guarded by the elite soldiers of the Red Kingdom, Chu Chen had already released his words, and after this battle, he would definitely let the White Earth City become the Red Earth City.

After the Iron Lion Army arrived at Baitu City, they only took a short rest, and they didn't even send lobbyists to persuade them to surrender, so Chu Chen ordered the whole army to attack the city.

The 400,000-strong Iron Lion Army surrounded the huge Baitu City tightly, and the water was impassable, and the large and small stone throwing machines and city-breaking crossbows were the first to be launched.

Suddenly, thousands of stone bullets and crossbow arrows flew from the periphery of the White Earth City, smashing into the head of the White Earth City like hail and raindrops.

As soon as the stone thrower and the city-breaking crossbow were launched, Chu Chen ordered the deputy corps commander Guan Dai to lead his 100,000 soldiers forward.

Guan Dai was so frightened that his own stone thrower and city-breaking crossbow had not stopped, and it was easy to be injured by mistake when he pushed forward at this time.

At that time, the stone throwers and city-breaking crossbows were not mechanized, and they were far from accurate, and the stone projectiles and crossbow arrows fired were either too powerful or too small, some of them fell down after only half of the shot, and some of them flew over their heads and fell into the city, and a quarter of them could really hit the city walls.

Seeing that Guan Dai had a white face and had not received orders for a long time, Chu Chen's eyebrows immediately stood up, and he asked in a condensed voice, "What, General Guan wants to disobey the order?" As he spoke, his palm was raised, and he held the sword at his waist.

On the battlefield, Chu Chen didn't recognize his six relatives, no matter whether the other party was a Jin person or a special person, and no matter what purpose the adults sent him over, what special identity he had, if he dared to disobey his orders, he could really chop him to death with a sword.

Seeing Chu Chen standing with eyebrows and red eyes, as if he was going to eat people, Guan Dai secretly complained, and in desperation, he had no choice but to intervene and say, "The last general will not dare!"

"Then hurry up and receive the order arrow!" As he spoke, Chu Chen pulled out the order arrow. fell directly on Guan Dai's chest, and said at the same time: "The soldiers of our army can only move forward, not retreat, and the brothers below are dead, then the corps commander will go up." If the corps commander is dead, then you, the deputy corps commander, will go into battle in person, in short, before tonight, the commander must see the banner of our army planted on the opposite side of the city!"

When Guan Dai heard this, his body was shocked, and he secretly said that he was so angry! He took a deep breath. Zhen shouted: "The last general obeys!"

In order to divide Chu Chen's power, Lin Haotian installed four deputy army commanders in the Iron Lion Army, each in charge of 100,000 soldiers, and now, the first to be sent to the battlefield by Chu Chen was Guan Dai, one of the four deputy army commanders.

The advance of 100,000 soldiers can be described as overwhelming, and as far as the eye can see, the black side is oppressive. When you push it in, it's like a huge carpet that moves. Go straight to White Earth City.

When the Jin army led by Guan Dai was moving forward, he was also worried as he walked, listening to the whistling sound overhead, and it would be absolutely deceitful to say that he was not afraid in his heart, because maybe any stone bullet or crossbow arrow would suddenly fall from mid-air and hit his head.

And so it is. From time to time, the stone bullets and crossbow arrows flying in the air fell below because the force was too small or collided in the air, and the Jin army camp was also full of screams, and from time to time there were soldiers who were smashed by the falling stone bullets and crossbow arrows, and the light ones were seriously injured. The serious one was killed instantly.

But even so, not a single one of the 100,000 soldiers showed a panicked look, and no one was afraid to move forward or flee from the battle, and instead of stopping the pace of advancement, the people rushed faster, without fear rushing to the front where the stone bullets and crossbow arrows were falling more and more densely.

Seeing this, Guan Dai nodded secretly, I used to hear people say that you are brave, all of them are desperate Saburo, I can see it today, it is true, I am afraid that no matter how powerful the legion is, it is not willing to meet an opponent like Youren!

The predecessor of the Iron Lion Army is the Central Army of Youguo, the upper and lower soldiers, well-trained, and strong, and when they approach a hundred steps in front of the city, they spontaneously and consciously change from advancing to charging, especially the soldiers in front, in order to speed up, many people threw off their armor, wore helmets, but were shirtless, and ran forward with knives, and at the same time let out a roar like a ghost crying god.

You people fight rudely and ugly, like savages, but at the same time, the deterrent power is also full, no matter who sees such an overwhelming group of madmen rushing towards them, they will unconsciously have a chill in their hearts, and their morale will be three points shorter.

Regardless of the accidental injuries of stone bullets and crossbow arrows, they insisted on charging up, and the Red Army in the city could no longer continue to hide under the city wall, so they could only rush to the head of the city, resisting the stone bullets and crossbow arrows that fell on their heads from time to time to resist the Jin army outside the city.

Seeing that his soldiers had rushed to the city, but Chu Chen had not ordered to stop the firing of the stone thrower and the city-breaking crossbow, the other three deputy army commanders Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, and Zhang Cheng couldn't sit still, and they all came to Chu Chen's approach, and arched his hand and said: "General, our brothers have also come to the city, shouldn't the stone-throwing machine and the city-breaking crossbow also be used again......

Without waiting for the three of them to finish speaking, Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "No! The stone thrower and the city-breaking crossbow will cause damage to our soldiers, but the damage to the enemy will be even greater, so we must not stop!"

"But in this case, the casualties of our army will be very large......"

"If we can't break the city for a long time and fight a stalemate, our army's casualties will be even greater!" Chu Chen glanced at the three of them coldly, and said coldly: "There are no immortals in the war, the benevolence of women is all taken home for Ben Shuai to use, here in Ben Shuai, there have always been only soldiers shrouded in horse leather, and there has never been a general who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"

Chu Chen's words left Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, and Zhang Cheng speechless. His tough tactics can't be said to be wrong, but logically speaking, they are too cruel and unacceptable to the soldiers who charge into battle.

On the battlefield, the Jin army's charge was fierce and sharp, the offensive was wave after wave, completely ignoring its own casualties, and the red army on the side of Baitu City was also extremely tenacious, the soldiers in front were killed, and the people behind immediately came up to replenish, and the two sides launched a bloody battle like a meat grinder.

On such a fierce battlefield, the entire 100,000-strong Jin army only fought for less than two hours, and then showed a weak situation.

Seeing this, Chu Chen immediately ordered the remaining 300,000 troops of Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, and Zhang Cheng to go into battle, and attack the city from the other three directions.

The 400,000 Iron Lion Army, divided into four waves. Storming Baitu City from the four directions of southeast, northwest, and northwest, at this time, the defenders in the city began to be unable to hold on.

Under this kind of almost suicidal onslaught, not to mention that the 80,000 people in the city are not enough, even if it is double or double, it will not be able to withstand it. The gap in combat strength and strength between the two sides can no longer be bridged by strong will.

When the fierce battle between the two sides was in full swing, three stone bullets in a row happened to hit the weakest part of the wall of Baitu City, causing the city wall to collapse, and the soldiers of the Jin and Red armies who fought bloodily on the city wall fell down one after another, and fell to death and injured countless people, but the collapse of the city wall also opened a gap for the Jin army outside the city, and the soldiers of the Jin Army who had not had time to climb the city wall along the ladder would miss this golden opportunity to look at the collapsed city wall. People's eyes were red, and they rushed forward with a scream of pulling their necks, and rushed forward along the gap, swarming in, and directly into the city.

There is a city wall to resist the Jin army outside, and the Red Army is still difficult to support, and now that the Jin Army has entered the city, the Red Army will be defeated even faster. The Red Army, who were fighting on the city walls, saw a large number of Jin troops rushing in. has no intention of fighting, and involuntarily runs to the city.

But they had just come down the wall. was attacked head-on by the Jin army, and for a while, the defenders here were not fighting, nor were they fleeing, and they became a pot of porridge.

And this kind of chaotic battle is what the people of You are most willing to see, and the coordination ability of the people of You is very average. However, the strength of individual combat is extremely strong, and chaotic warfare is the occasion for individual combat to play a role, so people have always liked to disrupt with chaos.

One of the walls of the White Earth City was broken, and as a direct consequence, the defenses of the other three walls also collapsed, and a large number of Red troops ran down the walls. They scurried around the city like headless flies, some gathered to defend a street or a mansion, and some soldiers ran into the homes of the people and hid.

Chu Chen, who was fighting outside, saw that his soldiers had broken the city, so he immediately ordered the heralds around him to bring a message to the soldiers in the city, killing all the enemies in the city, and being sure to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, leaving no one behind.

In his order, he only said to kill all the enemies, but when it reached the ears of the soldiers in the city, it automatically became killing all the red people in the city.

They are barbaric and cruel, and they have long been accustomed to slaughtering cities in battle, and in their eyes, the people of the enemy country are as enemies as the enemy army.

The next battle can no longer be called a battle, completely turned into a one-sided massacre, the Jin army into the city launched a carpet search, kill people when they see them, cut them down, the whole white earth city, the streets and alleys are full of Jin army, there are swords and blood shadows everywhere, and people can be heard everywhere The terrible screams of people before they die.

At this time, the ferocious nature of the people was fully displayed, and the soldiers who were still fighting bravely on the battlefield just now turned into inhumane beasts in the blink of an eye.

In the Jin country, the tradition of slaughtering the city has long been abolished, in the military law, the indiscriminate killing of innocents is also expressly prohibited, now seeing the bloody massacre of the people in the city, Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, Zhang Cheng, Guan Dai The four people do not want to stop, but they can't stop it at all, the soldiers who usually look at them are now like a different person, and they don't listen to their commands at all, and the last four people really have no choice, get together and sum up, and have to find Chu Chen, these especially people, I'm afraid they only listen to Chu Chen's command.

The four of them rode out of the city on fast horses, and as soon as they walked out a short distance, they saw Chu Chen's personal guards coming towards them.

The four of them were overjoyed, and they urged them to step forward, and after seeing Chu Chen, the four of them arched their hands, and then briefly reported the situation in the city to Chu Chen, and then asked him to quickly give an order, prohibiting the slaughter of the city and the robbery of property.

When Chu Chen heard the request of the four of them, he just smiled slightly, his face full of disapproval.

Since the overall situation has been decided now, his expression is much more relaxed, not as fierce as just now, he casually patted the shoulder of the nearest Guan Dai, and said with a smile: "The four generals have all hunted, right?"

The four of them were stunned by his outright words, looked at each other, and nodded their heads in unison and said, "Naturally!"

Chu Chenle said: "Since you have hunted, you should understand that when the hunting dog helps you catch the prey, you have to give the internal organs of the prey to the hunting dog, only in this way, the hunting dog will work harder to help you catch the prey the next time you hunt, otherwise, the next time you encounter the prey, the hunting dog will not go up." Fighting a war is also like hunting, if you don't let the soldiers vent their anger and hatred, and don't give the soldiers some sweetness and benefits, the next time you fight, who will die for you and me, and go forward bravely to kill the enemy?"

This...... What kind of crooked reasoning is this? They even compared the soldiers to hunting dogs! Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, Zhang Cheng, and Guan Dai were all a little dumbfounded, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

The four of them were stunned, but the surrounding guards all grinned, and no one felt unhappy about Chu Chen's comparison of them to hunting dogs, and they all seemed to find it very interesting.

Chu Chen slapped his face, woke up the four of them, and said, "Okay, don't waste time with me, at this time, you should be with the soldiers below." If you want to integrate into the Iron Lion Army, want to mingle with the soldiers, and want to establish prestige in the eyes of the soldiers, do what the soldiers are doing now! Otherwise, it will be too out of place, and if you are excluded in the future, don't blame Ben Shuai for not reminding you. ”

He knew very well in his heart that the adults sent these four people to the Iron Lion Army to divide their own rights, but in his opinion, it didn't matter, first of all, he didn't expect how much power he could have, and secondly, with these four people, it was also a talisman for himself, at least his every move was under the control of adults, which was much better than adults being wary and suspicious of themselves all day long.

Therefore, Chu Chen also hoped that Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, Zhang Cheng, and Guan Dai could integrate into the army as soon as possible and be accepted by the soldiers below. (To be continued......)